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After the death of Joshua, the Israelites fell away from the Lord in just a generation. It reminds us how important it is to teach our children to fear of the Lord.

BibleGateway: Judges 2:8-18

ESV Text: Judges 2:8-18


KJV Text:

The section starts at about 1:10 and ends at about 3:5

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8 And Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. 9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. 10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. 11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: 12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger. 13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. 14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies. 15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed. 16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. 17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so. 18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.(KJV)


Hymn: WS 706 (LSB 388):
Go Tell It on the Mountain

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1. Go, tell it on the mountain, 
Over the hills and everywhere 
Go, tell it on the mountain, 
That Jesus Christ is born. 

While shepherds kept their watching 
O’er silent flocks by night 
Behold throughout the heavens 
There shone a holy light. 

Go, tell it on the mountain, 
Over the hills and everywhere 
Go, tell it on the mountain, 
That Jesus Christ is born. 

2. The shepherds feared and trembled, 
When lo! above the earth, 
Rang out the angels chorus 
That hailed the Savior’s birth. 

Go, tell it on the mountain, 
Over the hills and everywhere 
Go, tell it on the mountain, 
That Jesus Christ is born. 

3. Down in a lowly manger 
The humble Christ was born 
And God sent us salvation 
That blessed Christmas morn. 

Go, tell it on the mountain, 
Over the hills and everywhere 
Go, tell it on the mountain, 
That Jesus Christ is born.